Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
National Research Council
Symposium on
Trends and Challenges in Aerospace Offsets
AGENDA
January 14, 1998
Board Room
National Academy of Sciences
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
8:00AM Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45AM Welcome
- Charles W. Wessner, National Research Council
Introduction
Alan Wm. Wolff, STEP Board
Opening Remarks
-Dorothy Robyn, White House National Economic Council
8:45AM Panel I: Offsets in Commercial and Military Aerospace: An Overview
- David C. Mowery, University of California, Berkeley
Discussants: Sally Bath, Department of Commerce
Steve Beckman, UAW
9:45-10:00AM Break
10:00AM Panel II: The Policy Context for Military Aerospace Offsets
-- Ken Flamm, The Brookings Institution
Discussants: Page Hoeper, Department of Defense
Frank Parker, ITT Defense and Electronics
11:00AM Panel III: The Effects of Offsets, Outsourcing and Foreign Competition on Output and Employment in the U.S. Aerospace Industry
- Robert E. Scott, The Economic Policy Institute
Discussants: Howard Rosen, Joint Economic Committee
Gordon Healy, Bell Helicopter
12:00NOON Lunch Members Room
1:00PM Panel IV: Offsets in the International Marketplace: An Aerospace Industry View
- Joel Johnson, Aerospace Industries Association
Discussants: Steve Clemons, Economic Strategy Institute
Randy Barber, Center for Economic Organizing
2:00-2:15PM Break
2:15PM Panel V: Dual-Use Supplier Management and Strategic International Sourcing in Aircraft Manufacturing
- Todd Watkins, Lehigh University
Discussant: John Sandford, Rolls Royce, N.A.
Al Volkman, Department of Defense
3:15PM Panel VI: Emerging Challenges and Diverging Interests
Kirk Bozdogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussants: Bill Reinsch, Department of Commerce
Albert J. Kelley, MIT
4:15PM Panel VII: The Role of the United States Government in Setting Offset Policy
- Owen E. Herrnstadt, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Discussants: Greg Martin, Lockheed Martin
Thea Lee, AFL-CIO
5:00PM DISCUSSION Next Steps
5:30PM RECEPTION Members Room
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